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Dispatches from UK Architects Declare: Anna Lisa McSweeney
Isabel Allen2024-03-21T10:28:31+00:00Anna Lisa McSweeney talks to Architecture Today about educating politicians, the Regenerative Architecture Index and why every practice has a part to play.
ÂDispatches from Madrid: Norman Foster
Isabel Allen2024-02-06T15:34:18+00:00Norman Foster talks to Architecture Today about his mission to educate a new generation of urban innovators and city leaders.
ÂSchool of Specification – Steve Webb on stone
Isabel Allen2024-04-16T13:44:24+01:00Steve Webb of Webb Yates Engineers has produced a learning module on stone for School of Specification. Here, he explains how the potato/tomato line provides a clue as to how stone construction might be developed in the UK.
Looking back on 2023
Isabel Allen2024-01-04T16:21:38+00:00As we kick off 2024, Architecture Today editor Isabel Allen reflects on the highlights of 2023 and looks forward to the year ahead.
Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare launch Regenerative Architecture Index
Isabel Allen2023-12-22T15:41:53+00:00Architecture Today and UK Architects Declare have teamed up to launch the world's first Regenerative Architecture Index, as a means of benchmarking architects on regenerative projects, policies, working practices and actions.
Against the odds: Tower Hamlets Town Hall
Isabel Allen2024-03-01T11:41:40+00:00AHMM’s deft reinvention marries the gravitas of historic civic architecture with an upbeat modernity that speaks of optimism and hope. If you ignore the empty bookshelves.
Towner Eastbourne
Isabel Allen2023-12-08T09:45:46+00:00Manalo & White's redesign gives a new lease of life to the Towner Eastbourne, designed by Rick Mather and opened in 2009. Â
Tower Hamlets Town Hall
Isabel Allen2024-04-04T13:21:07+01:00Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has transformed the former Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel into Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Chris Dyson admires a project that combines conservation, retrofit and new build to create a complex, vibrant building that plays a vital role in civic life.
Charles Holland
Isabel Allen2023-12-19T17:20:59+00:00Relocating to Deal, a seaside town in east Kent, has exposed Charles Holland's practice to fresh influences, new ways of working and opportunities to engage with the community in profound ways.
Sandy Rendel
Isabel Allen2023-12-19T17:21:17+00:00Sandy Rendel is inspired by the cobbled mews where he works, a Victorian example of live/work space that is now home to a thriving community of makers and designers.
Mae’s John Morden Centre wins the 2023 Stirling Prize
Isabel Allen2023-10-24T12:57:08+01:00The John Morden Centre by Mae has won the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize.